PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1396713137

Thomas HowardMD

PRACTICERHEUMATOLOGY GROUP, PLLCSee all providers at this practice →

RheumatologySouth Charleston, WVI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

292

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

3,554

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$60K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 19 Rheumatology providers in WV — top quintile (cohort median 2,218).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,411

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$4.1M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

35.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Methotrexate Sodium768 claims

Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate580 claims

Prednisone388 claims

Meloxicam224 claims

Gabapentin218 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.9

Quality

69.7

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.67%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$50

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$50

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Thomas Howard's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 3 inbound referrers · 9 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
HERBERT J. THOMAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	43	83
Jeffrey Boss Diagnostic Radiology · Cape Girardeau, MO	14	16
Daniel Rodgers Diagnostic Radiology · Huntington, WV	12	15

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Dublin, OH	182	336
CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER INC	150	539
CHARLESTON HOSPITAL INC.	35	72
HERBERT J. THOMAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	31	51
Adam Krompecher Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, WV	13	18
BOONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	13	52
Frank Muto Diagnostic Radiology · Charleston, WV	12	16
LOGAN GENERAL HOSPITAL LLC	12	33
Quest Diagnostics Llc Il Clinical Laboratory · Wood Dale, IL	11	19

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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